Tuesday August 1, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Cardinals exploded for six runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Pirates, 7-4, to end a five-game losing streak. Lou Brock singled, Ted Sizemore walked and Matty Alou doubled for the first two runs of the rally to tie the score at 3-3.

Joe Torre followed with a double to send the Cardinals ahead. After an intentional pass to Ted Simmons, three other runs scored on singles by Bernie Carbo and Dal Maxvill, together with an error by Vic Davalillo in handling Maxvill's hit to right field. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Tuesday, August 1, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 1 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 x - 7 14 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Davalillo rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .352 Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .314 Clines cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .337 Sizemore 2b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .264 Sanguillen lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .327 Alou 1b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .320 Stargell 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .301 Torre 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .299 Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Simmons c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .294 May c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Carbo rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .262 Pagan ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .281 Cruz cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .210 Cash 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Maxvill ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Alley ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Santorini p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .087 Briles p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .154 Cumberland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 8 3 2 7 Totals 36 7 14 6 3 3 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 23,712 Left on Base: Pirates 4, Cardinals 8 DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Davalillo, Simmons Doubles: Sizemore 2 (10), Alou (16), Torre (21) Stolen Bases: Brock (42) Caught Stealing: Cash (5) GIDP: Clines (4), Carbo (3) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles L(9-5) 4.1 10 7 6 2 2 0 24 3.42 Johnson 2.2 4 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.46 Miller 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.04 Totals 8 14 7 6 3 3 0 39 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Santorini W(5-7) 8 7 4 4 2 5 0 31 4.85 Cumberland 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7.93 Segui SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.00 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 7 0 35 Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi PIRATES 1ST: Davalillo singled to shortstop; Clines grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Davalillo out at second]; Sanguillen singled to center; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore doubled to left; Alou flied out to right [Sizemore to third]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Hebner flied out to left; May struck out; Cash walked; Cash was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Carbo grounded out (second to first); Cruz singled to left; Maxvill flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 3RD: Alley flied out to right; Briles singled to center; Davalillo singled to center [Briles to second]; Clines singled to center [Briles scored, Davalillo scored (error by Simmons) (no RBI), Clines to third]; Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted) [Clines scored]; Stargell singled to right; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Santorini grounded out (third to first); Brock flied out to left; Sizemore doubled to right; Alou singled to center [Sizemore scored]; Torre forced Alou (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash flied to right in foul territory; Alley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to right; Carbo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; Cruz singled to center; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 5TH: Briles was called out on strikes; Davalillo flied out to left; Clines popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Santorini struck out; Brock singled to pitcher; Brock stole second; Sizemore walked; Alou doubled to left [Brock scored, Sizemore scored]; Torre doubled to left [Alou scored]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Carbo singled to right [Torre scored, Simmons to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to center; Maxvill singled to right [Simmons scored, Carbo scored (error by Davalillo) (unearned) (no RBI), Maxvill to third]; Santorini struck out; 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. PIRATES 6TH: Sanguillen flied out to right; Stargell struck out; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore flied out to left; Alou singled to right; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. PIRATES 7TH: May flied out to right; Cash flied out to right; Alley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Carbo singled to right [Simmons out at home (right to second to third to catcher)]; Cruz flied out to center; Maxvill flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. PIRATES 8TH: STENNETT BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Stennett struck out; Davalillo lined to first; Clines grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED STENNETT (PITCHING); Santorini grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore walked; Alou grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 7. PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen singled to right; Stargell walked [Sanguillen to second]; CUMBERLAND REPLACED SANTORINI (PITCHING); Hebner struck out; PAGAN BATTED FOR MAY; Pagan singled to left [Sanguillen scored, Stargell to second]; SEGUI REPLACED CUMBERLAND (PITCHING); Cash popped to shortstop; Alley was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 7.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us